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The Winnipeg Jets host the Vancouver Canucks in a 7:30pm ct faceoff tonight at MTS Centre. Reggie Jackson Yankees Jersey . Its the second of three meetings between these teams this season. Vancouver was a 2-1 winner on home ice December 22nd. The (25-25-5) Jets are seventh in the Central Division standings with 55 points. They trail Vancouver by eight points for a Wild Card playoff spot. Ondrej Pavelec (16-21-4, 2.99, .901) will start in goal. Jets Projected Lines: Ladd-Little-Frolik Thorburn-Scheifele-Wheeler Setouchi-Jokinen-Byfuglien Tangradi-Wright-Peluso Bogosian-Enstrom Trouba-Stuart Pardy-Ellerby Blake Wheeler has scored four goals and has one assist in his last three games. Eric ODell will not play tonight after spending the last two days away from the team for the birth of his baby girl. The (27-19-19) Canucks are fourth in the Pacific Division with 63 points. The arrival of Vancouver now means all of the 29 NHL teams have played a regular season game in Winnipeg. Vancouver has six former members of the AHLs Manitoba Moose who will play tonight. They are: Eddie Lack, Alexandre Burrows, Ryan Kesler, Alexander Edler, Jannik Hansen and Jordan Schroeder. Eddie Lack (8-6-3, 2.18, .922) will start in goal. Canucks Projected Lines: D. Sedin-Schroeder-Burrows Higgins-Kesler-Hansen Booth-Richardson-Kassian Sestito-Lain-Dalpe Hamhuis-Corrado Edler-Garrison Stanton-Weber Following tonights game, the Jets prepare for a four game road trip starting Sunday in Montreal. Hiroki Kuroda Jersey . At the moment, neither do the decision-makers. Dustin McGowan is front-and-centre in this ongoing saga, having thrust himself into the conversation with a dominating three-inning performance against the Phillies on Thursday, just hours after manager John Gibbons appeared to pour cold water on the notion. Alfonso Soriano Yankees Jersey . -- Having played six seasons with the Kings, Kevin Martin is very comfortable at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento.INDIANAPOLIS -- The Colts lost defensive end Fili Moala with a season-ending knee injury Wednesday, then survived another scare with receiver T.Y. Hilton. Its the third straight year Moala has finished the season on injured reserve. In March, the defensive end re-signed with Indianapolis after posting a career-best 26 tackles. He also had 1 1/2 sacks and fumble recovery in 2013 but landed on IR with a knee injury just before the playoffs started. Ichiro Suzuki Jersey. The scare came when Hilton fell to the ground during a light workout and came up clutching his right leg. A few minutes later, he got up, stretched out and eventually returned to practice. He told reporters he was OK. To replace Moala, Indy signed 6-foot-4, 280-pound defensive end Gannon Conway, an undrafted rookie. cheap jerseys ' ' ' |
